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Zohar on Tehillim 86 – The Midnight Prayer
Zohar on Tehillim

Zohar on Tehillim 86 – The Midnight Prayer

Zohar on Tehillim 86 – The Midnight Prayer

Tehillim 86:2  

-"Shomrah nafshi ki chasid ani, hosha avdecha atah Elokai bote'ach eilecha" - (Guard my soul, for I am a chasid; save Your servant who trusts in You).        

Rabbi Yehuda said: Let us examine the end of the pasuk, and then the entire pasuk. At the end of the pasuk it says: "who trusts in You"  הבוטחח אליך, although it should have said "who trusts in You הבוטח בך.

What is the meaning of the words: "who trusts in You"?

He answers: This is King David's promise—not to sleep at midnight, as it is written: "At midnight I rise to give thanks to You." (Tehillim 119:62)

It should have said "I rose", rather than "I will rise" —but the meaning is that "I will rise" and unite with You—forever.                                                                        

(Zohar on Pinchas, Sulam, Zvi Nisan Zon)

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Tags: Zohar on Tehillim, Psalm 86, Tehillim 86, Midnight Prayer

08 Nov 2016
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